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  2. Static model aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A die-cast model of an Air Canada Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in 1:400 scale. Die-cast aircraft models are made out of metal alloys, plastic, or other materials. The most common scales are 1:400 and 1:200 scales. [15]

  3. Model airport - Wikipedia

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    A model of Sofia Airport, put together inside that airport. A model airport is a scale model of an airport. While airport models have been around, in a way, since airfields were open to the public, early model airports were basically restricted to public showcases about the airport and its surroundings to the public; these were usually located inside the airport themselves.

  4. List of model aircraft manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    Armory Model Group (Ukraine) Arsenal Model Group (Ukraine) ART model (Ukraine) Artiplast (Italy) Asahi Sangyo (Japan) Astra (Poland) Atlantic (Italy) Atlantis Model (USA) Atom (Japan) Attack Hobby Kits (Czech Republic) Aurora Plastics Corporation (USA) - sold their molds to Monogram in 1977, and later bought by Revell; Aurora-Heller (USA-France)

  5. Engineered materials arrestor system - Wikipedia

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    It is intended to stop an aircraft that has overshot a runway when there is an insufficient free space for a standard runway safety area (RSA). Multiple patents have been issued on the construction and design on the materials and process. Plan view, profile view, section view of a typical EMASMAX system.

  6. Boeing and Airbus may have used 'counterfeit' titanium in ...

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    Boeing and Airbus, the two biggest commercial airline makers, may have used titanium sold using fake documents, according to evidence from a supplier that has triggered a Federal Aviation ...

  7. US grounds some Boeing MAX planes for safety checks after ...

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    The plane had been in service for just eight weeks. The FAA's decision is well short of the global grounding of Boeing MAX jets almost five years ago following two crashes that killed nearly 350 ...

  8. Aircraft design process - Wikipedia

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    Advanced Supersonic Transport (AST) model in wind tunnel. The aircraft design process is a loosely defined method used to balance many competing and demanding requirements to produce an aircraft that is strong, lightweight, economical and can carry an adequate payload while being sufficiently reliable to safely fly for the design life of the aircraft.

  9. Safe-life design - Wikipedia

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    There are two generic types of aircraft structure, safe life and fail safe. The former is one that has low residual strength if a primary load-bearing member should fail, whereas the latter has alternative load paths so that if a primary load-bearing member cracks, residual strength remains because the loads can be assumed by adjacent members.